Current Grad Students: A–F

Email: malvarado@ku.edu

Advisors: Caroline Chaboo & Michael Engel

Education:

• Current master's student in entomology
• M.S. in entomology from La Molina University (Perú), 2011

• B.S. in biology from San Marcos University (Perú), 2006

Hometown: Perú

Research Interests: Ichneumonidae

Publications:

• Alvarado, M. In press. Discovery of the genus Meggoleus Townes, 1971 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) in Peru, with the description of two new species. Zookeys.
• Figueroa, L. and Alvarado, M. 2011. Coleópteros coprófagos (Scarabaeidae: Scarabeinae) de la Reserva Nacional Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Perú. Revista peruana de biología 18(2): 209 – 212.
• M. Alvarado, S. Bordera & A. Rodríguez-Berrío. 2011. First record of Oxytorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from South America, with description of a new species of Oxytorus Förster, 1869. Biologia. 66(5): 866-869.
• Grados, J., Figueroa, L. y Alvarado, M. 2010. Insectos: Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera) y Arctiidae (Lepidoptera), en Figueroa, J. y Stucchi, M. (Editores). Biodiversidad de los alrededores de Puerto Maldonado. Línea Base ambiental del EIA del lote 111, Madre de Dios, Perú. IPyD Ingenieros y AICB. Lima, Perú. 224 pp.

• M. Alvarado, A. Rodríguez-Berrío & S. Bordera-Sanjuan. 2010. Colección de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) del Museo de Entomología "Klaus Raven B." y del Museo de Historia Natural de la UNMSM, Perú. En Toledo, V. H.  Corona, A. M., Flores, A. P., Tovar, E., Coronado, J. M. Ruíz-Cancino, E (Editores). II Taller Internacional de Recursos Naturales. Red de Cuerpos Académicos, México.  107 pp.

Grants:

• 2010.National Council for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (Perú) to check material deposited in the National Biodiversity Institute (INBio), Costa Rica (2 weeks, supervisor: Ronald Zuniga) ($900).
• 2009. The Tambopara Reserve Society - Peru, to develop the project: “Progress on the biodiversity of the Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) in the Tambopata National Reserve, Madre de Dios” ($900).

Email: mja43@ku.edu

Advisor: Robert Moyle

Education:

• Current doctoral candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology
• B.S. in natural resources from Cornell University, 2004

Hometown: Baldwin, NY

Research Interests: Speciation, diversification, phylogenetics, and biogeography of Neotropical birds. Evolution of vocalizations in birds.

Recent Publications:

• Moyle, R. G., Andersen, M. J., Oliveros, C. H., Steinheimer, F., and S. Reddy. In Press. Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Core Babblers (Aves: Timaliidae). Systematic Biology.
• Peterson, A.T., M.J. Andersen, S. Bodbyl-Roels, P. Hosner, Á. Nyári, C. Oliveros and M. Papeş. 2009. A prototype forecasting system for bird-borne disease spread in North America based on migratory bird movements. Epidemics 1(4): 240-249
• Tobias, J. A., Lebbin, D. J., Aleixo, A., Andersen, M. J., Guilherme E., Hosner, P. A., N. and Seddon. 2008. Distribution, behavior, and conservation status of the Rufous Twistwing (Cnipodectes superrufus). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(1):38–49.
• Lebbin, D. J., Hosner, P. A., Andersen, M. J., Valdez, U., and W. P. Tori. 2007. First description of the nest and eggs of the White-lined Antbird (Percnostola lophotes) and breeding observations of poorly known birds inhabiting Guadua bamboo in Southeastern Peru. Boletín SAO 17(2):119–132.
• Andersen, M. J., Lebbin, D. J., and P. H. Hosner. 2007. First photographic evidence of Veery (Catharus fuscescens) for Peru. Boletín SAO 17(1):36-38.

• Lebbin, D. J., Harvey, M. G., Lenz, T. C., Andersen, M. J., & J. M. Ellis. 2007. Mixed-species flock of fall migrant birds foraging at night by artificial light. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119(3):502-506.

Recent Presentations:

• Andersen, M. J., Nyári, Á. S., Filardi, C. E., and R. G. Moyle. A multi-locus dataset reveals novel insights into the systematics, biogeography, and species limits in the world’s most diverse bird species: the Pachycephala pectoralis/melanura complex. Smithsonian Institution’s Evolution of Life on Pacific Islands and Reefs conference, Honolulu, HI, USA, May 2011. Contributed Oral Paper.
• Andersen, M. J., Oliveros, C., Nyári, Á. S., Filari, C. E. and R. G. Moyle. 2010. A molecular phylogeny of the variable kingfisher (Ceyx lepidus). American Ornithologist’s Union Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, February. Contributed Oral Paper.

• Andersen, M. J. and R. G. Moyle. 2009. A molecular phylogeny of the variable kingfisher (Aves: Ceyx lepidus) reveals a novel endemic Philippines lineage. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Graduate Student Organization Annual Retreat, Lawrence, KS, USA, October.  Contributed oral paper.

Recent Awards:

• 2011. Inferring process from pattern: using multilocas coalescence analysis to investigate an insular avian hybrid zone. Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund, AMNH. $3,000.
• 2011. Student Travel Award. Smithsonian Institution and National Tropical Botanical Garden. $1,100.
• 2011. Inferring process from pattern: using multilocus coalescence analysis to investigate an insular avian hybrid zone. American Ornithologists' Union Research Award. $2,040.
• 2010-2011 Using a multi-locus, coalescent framework to study patterns of genetic variation across an insular avian hybrid zone. Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research. $700.00.
• 2010 Student Travel Award. American Ornithologist’s Union. $210.
• 2008. Panorama Small Grant. Redefining biogeographic patterns in the avifauna of the Apurimac Valley Peru: A collections-based approach to describe species and their distributions. $700.
• 2008. Tinker Summer Field Research Grant. Southern cone biological inventorying: Providing a tool for training conservation workers. $555.50.

Email: vbap@ku.edu

Advisor: Jorge Soberon

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.S. in biology from Westhill University, 2008

Research Interests: Conservation, bioinformatics, applied and theoretical ecology, macroecology

Publications:

• Arroyo-Peña, B.; C.B. Peña-Valdivia; A.B. Sánchez-U. 2005. Efecto del potencial de agua en la germinación de semillas de frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) silvestre y domesticado. Revista SABER 17 (Suplemento): 17-19.
• Arroyo-Peña, V.B, C.B Peña-Valdivia; A. Sánchez-Urdaneta. 2007. Reacción del frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) silvestre y domesticado al potencial de agua del sustrato: germinación y crecimiento inicial. Resumen en las XVI Memorias de la Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
• Trejo-Hernández, L; Olson, M, Feria, P; Arroyo-Peña, V. B; Eguiarte, L E. 2010. Poinsettia’s wild ancestor in the Mexican dry tropics. Science / Submitted
• Escobedo-Galván, A.H; González-Salazar, C; López-Alcaide, S; Arroyo-Peña V. B; Martínez-Meyer, E. 2010. Do temperature-dependent sex determination species will respond in the same way to climate change? A reply to Kallimanis (2010). Oikos / Accepted

• González-Maya JF, Cepeda AA, Zárrate-Charry D, Balaguera-Reina SA, Escobedo-Galván AH, Wyatt S, Arroyo-
  Peña VB, Schipper J, Belant J, González M & Polidoro B. 2010. Revistas científicas para la conservación en Latinoamérica: una necesidad, un compromiso y una portunidad para la región. Revista Latinoamericana de Conservación 1(1): 5 – 8.

Presentations:

• Arroyo-Peña, B.; Peña-Valdivia, C.B.; A.B. Sánchez-U. 2005. “Efecto del potencial de agua en la germinación de semillas de frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) silvestre y domesticado”. XVI Congreso Venezolano de Botánica, Maturín, Venezuela, del 15 al 20 de mayo de 2005.
• Escobedo-Galvan, A, H.; Arroyo-Peña, B.; Martinez-Meyer, E.; 2008. “Potential effects of climate change on sex ratio of crocodiles (cocodrilus acutus)”. International Science Symposium Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Americas. Smithsonian Institute, 25th–29th February Panama City, Panama.

• Arroyo-Peña, B., Rojas-Jiménez, K., Samayoa-Valiente R., 2008. “Efecto del Cambio Climático en la distribución del Puma (Puma concolor) en Mesoamérica: Análisis espacial e inter-temporal, y su posible aplicación en la toma de decisiones para la conservación.” In the XII Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for the Biological conservation, November 10th – 14th, 2008, San Salvador, El Salvador.

Awards:

• 2012. CONACYT Fellowship

Email: ajbarley@ku.edu

Advisor: Rafe Brown

Education:

• Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology
• B.S. in biological science from California State University, Sacramento.

Hometown: Pinole, CA

Research interests: Adaptive radiations, phylogenetics and evolution of reptiles and amphibians

Recent Publications:

• McLeod, D.S., S.J. Horner, C. Husted, A.J. Barley, and D. Iskandar. 2011. “Same-same, but different”: an unusual new species of the Limnonectes kuhlii complex from West Sumatra (Anura:Dicroglossidae). Zootaxa 2883:52­–64.
• Fuiten, A.M., L.J. Welton, A.C. Diesmos, A.J. Barley, B. Oberheide, M.V. Duya, E.L.B. Rico, R.M. Brown. 2011. New species of stream frog (Sanguirana) from the mountains of Luzon Island, Philippines. Herpetologica 67: 89-103.
• Spinks, P.Q., R.C. Thomson, A.J. Barley, C.E. Newman, H.B. Shaffer. 2010. Testing avian, squamate and mammalian nuclear markers for cross amplification in turtles. Conservation Genetics Resources 2(1): 127-129.
• Barley, A.J., R.M. Coleman. 2010. Habitat structure affects aggression in convict cichlids Archocentrus nigrofasciatus. Current Zoology 56(1): 1-5.
• Barley, AJ, PQ Spinks, RC Thomson, HB Shaffer. 2010. Fourteen nuclear genes provide phylogenetic resolution for difficult nodes in the turtle tree of life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55: 1189-1194.

Recent Presentations:

• Barley, A.J., and R.M. Brown. Phylogenetics and species delimitation in Southeast Asian skinks. 2011 KU EEB GSO Annual Retreat. Oral contribution.
• Barley, A.J., Brown, R.M., Burbrink, F., Lawson, R. 2010. Phylogenetics, biogeography, and color pattern evolution in old world cat-eyed snakes (genus Boiga). Annual Evolution meeting, Portland, OR.
• Barley, AJ, PQ Spinks, RC Thomson, and HB Shaffer. 2009. Using multiple nuclear loci to infer higher level systematic relationships in turtles. Annual Evolution meeting, Moscow, ID.

• Barley, AJ and RM Coleman. 2009. Habitat structure directly affects aggression in convict cichlids, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus. CSU statewide research competition, 2nd place, undergraduate biological science.

Recent Awards:

• 2011. Patterns and processes of diversification in Southeast Asian skinks. Panorama Research Grant. $1,000.
• 2011. Patterns and processes of diversification in Southeast Asian skinks. Doctoral Student Research Fund, KU Office of Graduate Studies. $1,500.
• 2010. Barley, A.J. Funding to attend 2010 Annual Evolution meeting (Talk title listed above). $300. EEB funding.
• 2010. Barley, A.J. Funding to attend 2010 Annual Evolution meeting (Talk title listed above). BI funding. $300.

Email: narayani@ku.edu

Advisor: A. Townsend Peterson

Education:

• Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology
• M.S. in computer science form the University of Pune, India, 1993
• B.S. in computer science from the University of Pune, India , 1991

Hometown: Bangalore, India

Research Interests: Ecological niche modeling, biodiversity informatics, remote sensing, GIS

Recent Publications:

• N. Barve, Barve, V., Jimenez-Valverde, A., Lira-Noriega, A., Maher, S.P., Peterson, A.T., Soberon, J., Villalobos, F. 2011. The crucial role of the accessible area in ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling. Ecological Modeling: 222: 1810-1819.
• Mhaskar, M., Joshi, S., Chavan, B., Joglekar, A., Barve, N., Patwardhan, A. 2011. Status of Embelia ribes (Vidanga) : An important medicinal species of commerce from northern western ghats (NWG) of India. Current Science: 100 (4), 547.
• A. Jimenez-Valverde, Barve, N., Lira-Noriega, A., Maher, S.P., Yoshinori, N., Papes, M., Soberon, J., Sukumaran, J., Peterson, A.T. 2011. Dominant Climate Influences on North American Bird Distributions. Global Ecology and Biogeography: 20, 114–118
• A. T. Peterson, N. Barve, L. Mauricio Binib, J. A. Diniz-Filhob, A. Jiménez-Valverde, A. Lira-Noriega, J. Lobo, S. Maher, P. de Marco, Jr., E. Martínez-Meyer, Y. Nakazawa and J. Soberón. 2009. The climate envelope may not be empty. PNAS, 106(16) E47.
• SavitaS., Narayani Barve, Priya Davidar. 2008., Response of ants to disturbance gradients in and around Bangalore, India,  Tropical Ecology 49(2): 235-243.

• N. Lyngdoh, S.H. Santosh, B.T. Ramesha, M. Nageswara Rao, G. Ravikanth, N. Barve, K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shananker. 2005. Rattan species richness and population genetic structure of Calamus flagellum in North-Eastern Himalaya, India. J. Bamboo and Rattan 4(3): 293-30.

Presentations:

• N. Barve. 2011. Geographic manifestation of Spanish Moss physiology across The Americas. GIS-DAY Seminar, University of Kansas, November.
• N. Barve. 2011. Geographic manifestation of Spanish Moss physiology across The Americas.  GSO Retreat, University of Kansas, November.

Email: abittel@ku.edu

Advisor: Bryan Foster

Education:

• Current master's student in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.S. in biology from the University of Kansas, 2010, honors

Hometown: Hays, KS

Research Interests: Community ecology and assembly, phylogenetics

Presentations:

• Bittel, A. T., Foster, B. L., and Hinman, S. E. 2011. Community assembly history influences primary productivity in a developing tallgrass prairie. Poster; 2011 Ecological Society of America meeting.
• Bittel, A T, Foster, B. L., and Hinman, S. E. 2010. Production in early community assembly is primarily influenced by species composition. Poster; University of Kansas Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Email: r999b826@ku.edu

Advisor: James Thorp

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology.
• B.A. in zoology and chemistry from Ohio Wesleyan University, 2011.

Hometown: Glen Ellyn, IL

Research Interests: River ecology

Presentations:

• Bowes, R.E., Panhuis, T.P., and S.J. Hankison. 2011. Mate preferences associated with MHC alleles in the sailfin molly, Poecilia Latipinna. Joint Meeting of Animal Behavior Society and International Ethological Society (Behavior 2011), Bloomington, IN, July. (Poster)
• Bowes, R.E. 2011. Mate preferences associated with MHC alleles in the sailfin molly, Poecilia Latipinna. Zoology Research Seminar, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH, April.
• Bowes, R.E. 2010. Repeatability and consistency in the three spined stickleback. Patricia Belt Conrades Summer Science Research Symposium, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH, August. (Poster)
• Bowes, R.E. 2010. Repeatability and consistency in the three spined stickleback. Ohio Wesleyan University Summer Science Research Program, Delaware, OH, June.

• Bowes, R.E. 2009. Physiological Responses to Abscisic Acid in Arabidopsis Wild Type Compared to ABA-Insensitive Mutant (abi1). Ohio Wesleyan University Science Poster Symposium, Delaware, OH, April. (Poster)

Awards:

• National Science Foundation/Animal Behavior Society Charles Turner Award, 2011
• Ohio Wesleyan University Elizabeth Cass Wills Prize for Graduate Study in Zoology, 2011
• Ohio Wesleyan University Theory to Practice Grant Program, 2010

Email: l441c205@ku.edu

Advisor: A. Townsend Peterson

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology
• M.S. in geography from Michigan State University, 2010

• B.A. in geography from Michigan State University, 2008

Research Interests: Modeling spatial distributions of disease hosts, vectors, and reservoirs, and their relationships to natural environments under changing ecological conditions, using remote sensing, GIS technologies, and predictive modeling approaches.

Publications:

• Williamson, HR, Benbow ME, Campbell LP, Johnson CR, Sopoh G, Merritt R, Small PLC. 2012. Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the environment predicts prevalence of Buruli ulcer in Benin. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001506.
• Qi J, Campbell LP, van Ravensway J, Finley AO, Merritt RM, Benbow ME. In press. Buruli Ulcer Disease: the Unknown Environmental and Social Ecology of a Bacterial Pathogen. Ecologies and Politics of Health. Routlege: Taylor & Francis Group.

• Stevens S, Campbell L, Urquahrt G, Kramer D, Qi J. 2011. Examining complexities of forest cover change during armed conflict on Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast. Biodiversity and Conservation, 20: 2597-2613. DOI 10.1007/s10531-011-0093-1.

Select Presentations:

• Campbell LP, Finley AO, Benbow ME, van Ravensway J, Small P, Johnson RC, Sopoh G, Merritt R, Qi J. Spatial Relationships of Landscape Structure and Buruli Ulcer Disease in Benin, West Africa. Oral presentation 2010 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference, March 22-25, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ.
• Campbell LP, Finley AO, Benbow ME, van Ravensway J, Small P, Johnson RC, Soppin G, Merritt R, Qi J. Quantifying Relationships between Landscape Patterns and Environmental Bacteria Infections: Buruli Ulcer Disease, Benin, Africa. Poster presentation 2009 GeoMed Conference, November 14-16, 2009, Charleston, SC.

• Campbell LP, van Ravensway J, Benbow ME, Small P, Johnson RC, Soppin G, Merritt R, Qi J. Exploring Environmental Factors Related to Buruli Ulcer Disease within the Couffu and Oueme Watersheds in Benin, Africa. Oral presentation World Health Organization Annual Meeting of the Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative 31 March – 2 April 2009, Cotonou, Benin.

Awards:

• 2011 IGERT C-CHANGE Trainee

Email: j844c323@ku.edu

Advisor: Joy Ward

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology
• M.S. in biology from Kansas State University

• B.S. in biology from the University of Central Arkansas

Hometown: North Little Rock, AR

Research Interests: Broadly, I am interested in how climate change, stressors, and anthropogenic modifications of ecosystems influence the ecology of plants.  I use leaf-level and whole plant physiological and isotopic measurements as tools to infer how plants might respond to said climatic changes, stressors, or anthropogenic modifications.  My previous research experiences have focused on the physiological responses of invasive plant species.

Recent Publications:

• Carter, J.M, J.B. Nippert. 2012. Leaf-level physiological response of Tamarix ramosissima to increasing salinity.  Journal of Arid Environments 77: 17-24.

• Carter, J.M., J.B. Nippert.  2011.  Physiological responses of Tamarix ramosissima to increasing salinity in a controlled environment. American Journal of Plant Sciences 2: 808-815. 

Recent Presentations:

• 2012. Carter, J.M, Dunn, J., Walker, M., Ahrens, A., Case, S., Nippert, J., Bailey, J., Ford, J., Ward, J.  Kansas MSP:  Enhancing Science Education through Inquiry-Based Learning in Ecology.  MSP Learning Network Conference, Washington, D.C.  January. Poster.
• 2011. Carter, J.M., J.B., Nippert.  The Maintenance of Physiological Functioning of Tamarix ramosissima across a broad soil salinity gradient.  Annual Botany meeting, St. Louis, MO, July.
• 2010   Carter, J.M., & J.B., Nippert.  The Maintenance of Physiological Functioning of Tamarix ramosissima across a broad soil salinity gradient.  95th Annual ESA meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
• 2010   Carter, J.M., & R. Steiger.  Isotopic Fractionation of 13C in C3 and C4 Photosynthetic Pathways:  Complex Name, Simple Teaching.  2010 Annual NSF GK12 meeting, Washington, D.C.
• 2010   Carter, J.M., & J.B. Nippert.  The Maintenance of Physiological Functioning of Tamarix ramosissima across a broad soil salinity gradient.  36th Annual Kansas State University Division of Biology Student Research Forum, Manhattan, KS.

• 2009   Carter, J.M., & J.B. Nippert   Tamarix leaf and whole plant physiological response to increasing salinity.   Tamarisk and Russian Olive Research Conference, Reno, NV.

Recent Awards:

• Michael S. Gaines Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Kansas, 2012
• EEB Summer Research Fellowship, University of Kansas, 2011
• NSF Climate Change IGERT Fellow, 2011-2016.
• John C. Frazier Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research in Plant Science, Kansas State University Division of Biology, 2010
• National Science Foundation Fellowship, Kansas State University Gk-12 EiDROP program, 2009

Email: chanko@ku.edu

Advisor: Rafe Brown

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology
• M.Sc. in environment and development from the National University of Malaysia

• B.Sc. in biology (zoology) from the National University of Malaysia

Hometown: Malaysia

Research Interests: Systematics and phylogeography of southeast Asian amphibians and reptiles

Publications:

• Chan, K. O., L. L. Grismer, A. M. S., Shahrul, E. S. H. Quah, J. L. Grismer, P. L. Jr. Wood, and A. Norhayati. 2011.  Additions to the herpetofauna of Perlis State Park in northern Peninsular Malaysia with the description of a new species of Chiromantis Peters 1854 (Anuura: Rhacophoridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology in press.
• Ngo, V. T. and K. O. Chan. 2011. A new karstic cave-dwelling Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3125: 51–63.
• Chan, K. O., L. L. Grismer, and J. L. Grismer. 2011. A new insular, endemic frog of the genus Kalophrynus Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Microhylidae) from Tioman Island, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 3123: 60–68.
• Grismer, L.L., Quah, E.S.H., Siler, C.D., Chan, K.O., Wood, P.L.Jr., Grismer, J.L., Shahrul, A.M.S. & Norhayati, A. 2011. Peninsular Malaysia’s first limbless lizard: a new species of skink of the genus Larutia (Böhme) from Pulau Pinang with a phylogeny of the genus. Zootaxa, 2799, 29–40.
• Grismer, L. L., J. L. Grismer, P. L. Jr. Wood, V. T. Ngo, T. Neang, K. O. Chan. 2011. Herpetology on the fringes of the sunda shelf: A discussion of discovery, taxonomy, and biogeography. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 57:  57–97.
• van Rooijen, J., K. O. Chan, L. L. Grismer, and A. Norhayati. 2011. Estimating the herpetofaunal species richness of Pangkor Island, Peninsular Malaysia. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 60: 3–8.
• Grismer, L.L., Shahrul, A.M.S., Quah, E.S.L., Muin, M.A., Chan, K.O., Grismer, J.L. & Norhayati, A. 2010. A new spiny, prehensile-tailed species ofCyrtodactylus(Squamata: Gekkonidae)from Peninsular Malaysia with a preliminary hypothesis of relationships basedon morphology. Zootaxa, 2625, 40–52.
• Chan, K.O. & Norhayati, A. 2010. A new insular species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeastern Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2389, 47–56.
• Grismer, L.L., Chan, K.O., Quah, E.S.L., Muin, M.A., Savage, A.E., Grismer, J,L, Norhayati, A., Greer, L.F. & Remigio, A-C. 2010. Another new, diminutive Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis Strauch) from Peninsular Malaysia and a discussion of resource partitioning in sympatric species pairs. Zootaxa, 2569, 55–66.
• Chan, K.O., Grismer, L.L., Shahrul, A.M.S., Quah, E.S.L., Muin, M.A., Savage, A.E., Grismer, J.L., Norhayati, A., Remigio, A-C. & Greer, L.F. 2010. A new endemic rock Gecko Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gunung Jerai, Kedah, northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2576: 59–68.
• Grismer, L.L. & Chan, K.O. 2010. Another new Rock Gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2419: 51–62.
• Chan, K.O. & Grismer, L.L. 2010. Re-assessment of the Reinwardt’s Gliding Frog, Rhacophorus reinwardtii  (Schlegel 1840) (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in Southern Thailand and  Peninsular Malaysia and its re-description as a new species. Zootaxa, 2505: 40–50.
• Ngo, V.T. & Chan, K.O. 2010. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1826 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khanh Hoa province, Southern Vietnam. Zootaxa, 2504: 47–60.
• Wood, P. L. Jr., Grismer, J.L., Grismer, L. L., Norhayati, A., Chan, K. O., & Bauer, A.  2009. Two new montane species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2012: 28–46.
• Grismer, L. L., Norhayati, A., Chan, K.O., Daicus, B., Muin, M.A., Wood, P.L.Jr. & Grismer, J.L. 2009.  Two new diminutive species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2019, 40-56.

• Chan, K. O., Grismer, L. L., Norhayati, A., & Daicus, B. 2009.  A new species of Gastrophrynoides (Anura: Microhylidae): an addition to a previously monotypic genus and a new genus for Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 2124: 63–68.

Presentations:

• Chan, K.O. 2009. Notes on some poorly know frogs from Peninsular Malaysia. Conference on Biology of the Amphibians in the Sunda Region, South-East Asia, Kuching, Sarawak, 28 Sept – 1 Oct.
• Chan, K.O. 2009. The herpetofauna of Melaka Forest Reserve. Biological Diversity Expedition to Melaka, Forestry Department of Melaka and Peninsular Malaysia, 31 March – 2 April.
• Chan, K.O. 2008. Herpetofauna of Gunung Angsi Forest. Scientific Expedition to Gunung Angsi forest Reserve, Forestry Department of Negeri Sembilan and Peninsular Malaysia, 4–5 May.
• Chan, K.O. 2008. Amphibians and reptiles of Cameron Highlands. Biological Diversity Expedition to Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Forestry Department of Pahang and Peninsular Malaysia, 3–5 August.
• Chan, K.O. 2008. A survey on the Herpetofauna at Machinchang Granite Geoforest, Pulau Langkawi, Peninsular Malaysia. Langkawi Research Centre Symposium, Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 16–17 Dec.

Email: eschang1@gmail.com

Mentor: Paulyn Cartwright

Education:

• Current master's student in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.A. in biology from Swarthmore College, 2011

Hometown: Silver Spring, Maryland

Research Interests: Invertebrate phylogenetics and evolution, evolutionary developmental biology

Email: iera@ku.edu

Advisor: Joy Ward

Education:

• Current doctoral student in ecology and evolutionary biology
• M.S. in botany from the University of Jabalpur, India

• B.S. in biology from the University of Jabalpur, India

Recent Publication:

• Loubna Kerkeb,Indrani Mukherjee,IeraChatterjee,Brett Lahner,David E. SaltandErin L. Connolly. 2008. Iron-Induced Turnover of the Arabidopsis IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER1 Metal Transporter Requires Lysine Residues. Plant Physiology 146: 1964-1973.

Awards:

• 2012. Sally K. Frost Mason and Kenneth A. Mason Award for Excellence in Teaching.
• 2012. EEB Summer Research Scholarship.
• 2011. EEB Summer Research Scholarship.

Email: xichen@ku.edu

Advisor: Justin Blumenstiel

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology
• M.S. in biology from Liaoning Normal University, 2011

• B.S. in biology from Ahnui Agricultural College, 2008

Hometown: Hefei, China

Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics and molecular evolution

Publications:

• M. Xie, L. Zhang, R. Cai, X. Chen, X. Ji, F. Ma. 2010. Feature analysis of the base mutations in coding region (BMCRs) of human syndrome-related genes. Journal of Liaoning Normal University ( Nature Science Edition), 2010-02.
• Song, Yumei, Chen, Xi, and Chen, Xueping. 2010. Nonparallel accumulation of synonymous and non‐synonymous substitutions on human and chimpanzee chromosomes, Journal of University of Science and Technology of China 40 (5).

• X. Ma, J. Li‐Ling, Q. Huang, X. Chen, L. Hou, F. Ma. 2009. Systematic analysis of alternative promoters correlated with alternative splicing in human genes. Genomics 93(5): 420‐425.

Awards:

• 2008. University Excellent Thesis, Ahnui Agricultural College.
• 2007. Outstanding Student Scholarship, Anhui Agricultural College.
• 2006. Outstanding Student Scholarship, Anhui Agricultural College.

Email: jjhays@ku.edu

Advisor: Kirsten Jensen

Education: Current doctoral candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; M.S. in biology from Sam Houston State University; B.S. in biology from Peru State College.

Hometown: Shubert, NE

Research Interests: Reevaluating the taxonomy of several lecanicephalidean genera currently recognized as genera inquirenda parasitizing batoids in the Indo-Pacific and addressing their family level relationships. Investigating host-parasite relationships, specifically those lecanicephalideans parasitizing multiple species of the spotted eagle ray genus, Aetobatus. Interrelationships of the Lecanicephalidea.

Recent Publications:

• Cielocha, J. J., T. J. Cook, and R. E. Clopton. 2011 Host Utilization and Distribution of Nubenocephalid Gregarines (Eugregarinorida: Actinocephalidae) Parasitizing Argia spp. (Odonata: Zygoptera) in the Central United States. Comparative Parasitology 78(1): 152-160. DOI: 10.1654/4459.1
• Cielocha, J. J. and K. Jensen. 2011. The description of a most unusual lecanicephalidean cestode, Hexacanalis folifer n. sp. (Lecanicephalidea), from the zonetail butterfly ray, Gymnura zonura (Bleeker) (Rajiformes: Gymnuridae), with a redescription of the type species, H. abruptus (Southwell, 1911) Perrenoud, 1931 and comments on the validity of the genus. Systematic Parasitology 79: 1-16. DOI 10.1007/s11230-011-9291-1.
• Clopton, R. E., T. J. Cook, and J. J. Cielocha.2010 Nubenocephalus nickoli n. sp. and Nubenocephalus xunantunichensis n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida: Actinocephalidae) Parasitizing Damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) in Belize, Central America. Comparative Parasitology. 77: 125-136.
• Hays, J.J., R.E. Clopton, T.J. Cook, and J.L. Cook. 2007. Revision of the genus Nubenocephalus and description of Nubenocephalus secundus n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Actinocephalidae) parasitizing adults of Argia sedula (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) in the Primitive Texas Big Thicket, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology 74(2): 286-293.
• Clopton, R.E. and J. J. Hays. 2006. Revision of the genus Protomagalhaensia and description of Protomagalhaensia wolfi n. comb. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida: Hirmocystidae) and Leidyana haasi n. comb. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida: Leidyanidae) parasitizing the Lobster Cockroach, Nauphoeta cinerea (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae). Comparative Parasitiology 73(2): 137-156.
• Hays, J.J., R.E. Clopton, D.F. Cappaert, and D.R. Smitley. 2004. Revision of the genus Stictospora and description of Stictospora villani, n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida: Actinocephalidae) from larvae of the Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in Michigan. Journal of Parasitology 90(6): 1450-1456.

Presentations at Meetings:

• Cielocha, J.J. &  K. Jensen. An assessment of the preliminary phylogenetic position of lecanicephalideans with six excretory vessels. 7th International Workshop on Cestode Systematics, Lawrence, Kansas, July 2011.
• Koch, K.R., J. J. Cielocha, & K. Jensen. Lecanicephaidean generic diversity and host associations. American Society of Parasitologists, Anchorage, Alaska, June 2011. Poster presentation.
• Cielocha, J.J. and K. Jensen. 2011. On the validity of Flapocephalus Deshmukh, 1979 (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) and its potential diversity. Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Oklahoma, U.S.A., April.
• Cielocha, J.J., K. Jensen, and J. Borucinska. 2010. The taxonomic status of Hexacanalis (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea), with comments on pathology caused by one species of Hexacanalis from a butterfly ray in Indonesia. The XII International Congress of Parasitology, Melbourne, Australia, August. Poster.
• Cielocha, J.J. and K. Jensen. 2010. Investigating the validity of two questionable lecanicephalidean genera Cephalobothrium and Hexacanalis. American Society of Parasitologists, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A., June.
• Clopton, R., T. Cook, and J. Cielocha. 2010. Revision of Nubenocephalus: Canalization, plasticity, and morphometric character analysis in gregarine taxonomy. American Society of Parasitologists, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A., June.
• Cielocha, J.J. and K. Jensen. 2010. Investigating the validity of two questionable lecanicephalidean genera Cephalobothrium and Hexacanalis. Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Oklahoma, U.S.A., April.
• Cielocha, J.J. and K. Jensen. 2009. Towards the stabilization of the lecanicephalidean genus Cephalobothrium and its allies. Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Oklahoma, U.S.A., April.
• Hays, J.J., T.J. Cook, and R.E. Clopton. 2008. A biogeographical study of gregarines parasitizing Argia spp; The American Society of Parasitologists, Arlington, TX, June.
• Hays, J.J., T.J. Cook, and R.E. Clopton. 2008. A biogeographical study of gregarines parasitizing Argia spp. in Texas; Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Kingston, OK, April.
• Hays, J.J., T.J. Cook, and R.E. Clopton. 2008. Argia spp. and their gregarines in 6 biogeographical provinces of Texas; Texas Academy of Science, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX, March.
• Hays, J. J., T.J. Cook, and R.E. Clopton. 2007. Patterns of gregarine infection in Argia spp. across biogeographical provinces. American Society of Parasitologists; The First North American Congress of Parasitology, Mérida, Mexico, June.

Recent Awards:

• David A. Becker Memorial Award for Best Student Paper Presentation. Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, 2011, $300.
• NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, "Toward resolving lecanicephalidean familial relationships using morphology and molecules", 2011-2013, $14,555.
• Honorable Mention-Best Student Paper Competition. American Society of Parasitologists, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A., 2010.
• Marc Dresden Student Travel Grant. Travel to American Society of Parasitologists annual meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A., 2010. $250.
• David A. Becker Memorial Award for Best Student Paper Presentation. Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, 2010.
• Alpha Omicron Phi Scholarship, Lawrence, Kansas, 2009, $1100.
• Honorable Mention-Best Student Paper Competition, Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, 2009.
• Ida H. Hyde Scholarship, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 2008, $2500.

Email: j018c471@ku.edu

Advisor: Lena Hileman

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.S. in biology from Dickinson College, 2011

Hometown: Cranford, NJ

Research Interests: Plant epigenetics

Awards:

• 2011. KU EEB Botany Endowment Scholarship and Research Award.
• 2007-2011. Benjamin Rush Scholarship for academic merit

Email: andreac@ku.edu

Advisor: Daphne Fautin

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology; Grad. Cert. in environmental management from Griffith University; B.S. (Hons I) in marine biology from the University of Queensland.

Hometown: Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Previous employment:

• Research Assistant—Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
  http://www.mtq.qm.qld.gov.au/
• Research Assistant—Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
  http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/

Research Interests: Taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny of Actiniaria (sea anemones), cnidarian biology and phylogeny, invertebrate zoology, marine biology, symbiosis

Dissertation Research: Character analysis of branched outgrowths and spherical defensive structures: implications for taxonomy and phylogeny of sea anemones

Publications:

• Crowther, A.L. 2011. Class Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834.In:Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148:19–23.
• Hoeksema, B.W. and A.L. Crowther. 2011. Masquerade, mimicry and crypsis of the polymorphic sea anemone Phyllodiscus semoni Kwietniewski, 1897, and its aggregations in South Sulawesi. Contributions to Zoology. 80(4):251–268.
• Crowther, AL, DG Fautin, and CC Wallace. 2011. Stylobates birtlesi sp. n., a new species of carcinoecium-forming sea anemone (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Actiniidae) from eastern Australia. Zookeys 89:33–48.
• Fautin, DG, AL Crowther, and CC Wallace. 2008. Sea anemones (Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Actiniaria) of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54:35–64.
• Khan, RN, JHA Becker, AL Crowther, and ID Lawn. 2004. Spatial distribution of symbiotic shrimps (Periclimenes holthuisi, P. brevicarpalis, Thor amboinensis) on the sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84:201–203.

• Khan, RN, JHA Becker, AL Crowther, and ID Lawn. 2003. Sea anemone host selection by the symbiotic saddled shrimp Periclimenes holthuisi. Marine and Freshwater Research 54:653–656.

Popular articles:

• Crowther, A.L. and Wallace, C.C. (2005) Australia's Sea Anemones. Biologue (an ABRS Publication) 30:14-15.

Recent Presentations:

• Crowther, A.L. and B.W. Hoeksema. 2011. Phyllodiscus: the most camouflaged, polymorphic, and toxic sea anemone genus known. The University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Graduate Student Organization Retreat. The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.  November. [first place]
• Crowther, A.L. and B.W. Hoeksema. 2011. Does variation in pseudotentacle morphology indicate more than one species in the sea anemone genus Phyllodiscus? 2nd International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June.
• Crowther, A.L. 2011. Identification of sea anemone species symbiotic with crabs of the genus Lybia using molecular and morphological data. Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, April. [first place PhD candidate division]
• Crowther, A.L. 2011. Using molecules and morphology to identify sea anemones symbiotic with Lybia crabs. Sigma Xi Research Paper Competition, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. April. [first place advanced PhD candidate division]
• Crowther, A.L. 2011. Who am I? Using multiple lines of evidence to identify sea anemones symbiotic with Lybia crabs. Bio3 Seminar Series, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. January. [invited oral presentation]
• Crowther, A.L. 2010. Tropical sea anemones with branched outgrowths and spherical defensive structures: a revision based on molecules and morphology.  Marine Biodiversity Meeting, NCB Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. 1 April.
• Crowther, A.L. 2009.  Indo-Pacific sea anemones possessing branched outgrowths: how many species? Sigma Xi Research Paper Competition, April.
• Crowther, A.L., Cartwright, P., Daly, M., & Fautin, D.G. 2010. Evolution of column morphology in Aliciidae (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia, Actiniaria) inferred from a molecular phylogeny. Evolution. Portland, OR. June.
• Crowther, A.L. 2009. Does size matter? Species delineation of Indo-Pacific sea anemones possessing branched outgrowths. The University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Graduate Student Organziation Retreat. Lawrence, KS. October.
• Crowther, A.L. 2009. Indo-Pacific sea anemones possessing branched outgrowths: how many species?  141st Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, Topeka, KS.  First place in PhD oral presentation section. March.
• Crowther, A.L. 2008. Taxonomic uncertainty in the sea anemone genus Lebrunia. Xth Young Systematists’ Forum, London, UK. December.
• Crowther, A.L.  2008.  Taxonomic uncertainty in the sea anemone genus Lebrunia. Panorama Presentation Series, The University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute. October.
• Crowther, A.L. 2008.  Sea anemones with elaborate outgrowths and spherical defensive structures. Panorama Presentation Series, The University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute. September.
• Crowther, A.L., M. Daly, and D.G. Fautin. 2008.  Sea anemones possessing branched outgrowths and spherical defensive structures. Assembling the Tree of Life: Cnidaria annual meeting, La Paz, Mexico. July.
• Crowther, A.L. 2008.  Shell-forming sea anemones from Australia. The Biological Sciences Alumni Advisory Board Spring Research Symposium. The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. April. [poster]
• Crowther, A.L.  2008.  A symbiotic relationship between a sea anemone Bunodeopsis? and the crab Lybia.  Sigma Xi Research Paper Competition, the University of Kansas. April.
• Crowther, A.L., Fautin, D.G., and Daly, M. 2008. Systematic position of Thalassianthidae among sea anemones using mitochondrial and nuclear genes; Annual meeting of the Society of Comparative and Integrative Biology, San Antonio, TX, January.
• Crowther, A.L. and Fautin, D.G. 2008. Shell-forming sea anemones from Australia; Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, January. (Poster)
• Crowther, A.L. 2008. A symbiotic relationship between a sea anemone Bunodeopsis? and the crab Lybia; Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Student Research Paper Competition, University of Kansas Chapter, Lawrence, KS, April.
• Crowther, A.L. 2007. A symbiotic relationship between a sea anemone Bunodeopsis? and the crab Lybia; The University of Kansas Natural History Museum Graduate Student Organization Retreat, Lawrence, KS, November.
• Crowther, A.L. 2007. A new species of shell-forming sea anemone from Australia; Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Student Research Paper Competition, University of Kansas Chapter, Lawrence, KS, March. Third place in early graduate student division.

Recent Awards:

• EEB Summer Research Scholarship, 2011, $2,000.
• American Microscopical Society Student Travel Grant, 2011, $400.
• Marie Stopes Travel Award, 2011, $500.
• EEB Travel Fund, 2011, $300.
• Graduate Scholarly Presentation Travel Award, University of Kansas, 2010, $400.
• Martin Fellowship, National Museum of Natural History Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands, 2009, 2500€
• Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, Smithsonian Institution, Summer 2009, $1250.
• Kansas Academy of Science Student Presentation Award, Spring 2009, $300.
• Kansas Academy of Science Student Research Grant, Fall 2008, $1000.
• AMNH Lerner Gray Fund for Marine Research, Spring 2008, $1250.
• Smithsonian short-term visitor scholarship, 2008, $1875.
• The University of Kansas Women's Club Scholarship. 2008-2009, $1250.
• Panorama Small Grant Program, The University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Spring 2008, $950.
• Travel Grant, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Kansas, Spring 2008, $300.
• Panorama Small Grant Program, The University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Spring 2007, $850.
• Travel Grant, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Kansas, Spring 2007, $200.
• Friday Harbor Laboratories Financial Aid to attend Comparative Embryology course, The University of Washington, Summer 2007, $1200.
• Ida Hyde Scholarship, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Kansas, Fall 2006, $3000.

Email: steved@ku.edu

Mentor: Michael Engel

Education:

• Current doctoral candidate in entomology
• M.A. in entomology from the University of Kansas, 2008
• B.S. in entomology with honors from the University of Maryland, 2005

Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD

Research Interests: Phylogenetics of Curculionoidea, systematics of baridine weevils, fossil weevils, and evolutionary development of the weevil rostrum.

Recent Publications:

• Davis, S. R., Engel, M. S., Legalov, A., and Ren, D. In press. Weevils of the Yixian Formation, China (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea): Phylogenetic considerations and comparison with other Mesozoic faunas. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
• Davis, S. R. 2011. Rostrum structure and development in the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae). Arthropod Structure & Development 40: 549-558.
• Davis. S. R. 2011. Delimiting baridine weevil evolution (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society  161(1): 88-156.
• Davis, S. R., Engel, M. S., and Ren, D. 2010. A pupal caddisfly from the Early Cretaceous of China (Trichoptera). Cretaceous Research 31: 1-4.
• Davis, S. R. and Engel, M. S. 2010. Antiquity and evolution of prosternal horns in baridine weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Paleontology 84(5): 918-926.
• Omar, Y. M., Zhang, R., and Davis, S. R. 2010. Description of a new species of Pentarthrum Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from China with an annotated checklist to species of the world. Zootaxa 2629: 47-60.

• Davis, S. R. and Davis, D. R. 2009. Neotropical Tineidae VIII: Falsivalva, a new genus of Tineidae from Austral South America with extreme modification of the male post-abdominal    terga (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea).  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111 (2): 378-392.
• Davis. S. R. 2009. Morphology of Baridinae and related groups (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zookeys 10: 1-136.
• Davis, S. R. and Engel, M. S. 2009. An Orthognathine weevil of the genus Mesocordylus in Dominican Amber (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 59: 233-238.
• Davis, S., Gentili-Poole, P., and Mitter, C. 2008. A revision of the Cossulinae of Costa Rica and cladistic analysis of the world species (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 222-277.
• Davis, S.R. and Engel, M.S. 2007. A new ambrosia beetle in Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Alavesia 1: 121-124.
• Davis, S.R. 2007. Wing locking mechanisms in the weevil subfamily Baridine (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Entomological Research 37(suppl. 1): A103.
• Omar, Y.M., Zhang, R., and Davis, S.R. 2007. On the genus Stereoborus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) with description of a new species from China. The Coleopterist's Bulletin 61(2): 200-207.

Recent Presentations:

• Davis, S.R. 2011. The weevil rostrum (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea): internal structure and evolutionary trends. Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Reno, Nevada. 21 November. Oral paper.
• Davis, S.R. 2011. Evolution of the weevil rostrum (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea): internal structure and evolutionary trends. Evolution meetings, Norman, Oklahoma. 20 June. Poster presentation.
• Davis, S.R. and Engel, M.S. 2010. Early evolution of the weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea): evidence from the Yixian Formation, China, and the Karatau site, Kazakhstan. Entomological Society of America annual meeting, San Diego, California. 13 December. Oral paper.
• Davis, S.R., Engel, M.S., Legalov, A., and Ren, D. 2010. Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Yixian Formation, China. 5th International Conference on Fossil Insects, Arthropods, and Amber (Fossils X3), Beijing, China. 23 August. Poster presentation.
• Davis, S.R. 2010. Preliminary studies on rostrum development in the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Graduate Student Research Competition, University of Kansas. 31 March. Poster presentation.
• Davis, S.R. 2009. Preliminary studies on rostrum development in the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana. December. (Poster)
• Davis, S.R. and Yoshitake, H. 2009. Phylogenetic study of the weevil subfamily Ceutorhynchinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) based on morphology. Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana. December. (Poster)
• Davis, S.R. 2009. Evolution of baridine weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae). Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 9 June. Invited oral paper.
• Davis, S.R. 2008. Evolution of horny weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae). Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Reno, Nevada. 17 November. Oral paper.
• Davis, S.R. 2007. Phylogeny of Baridinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America; San Diego, CA, December.
• Davis, S.R. 2007. Wing locking mechanisms in the weevil subfamily Baridinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae); Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA, December. (Poster)
• Davis, S.R. 2007. Weevil diversity in Miocene Dominican amber: A preliminary overview (Coleoptera: Curculionidae); Annual meeting of the Central States Entomological Society, Emporia, KS, April.

Recent Awards:

• EEB Travel Award, 2011
• NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, "Evolution of the weevils and development of the weevil rostrum (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea", 2011-2013 ($14,824).
• Foreign Language Area Scholarship (Japanese), 2010-2011
• Foreign Language Area Scholarship (Japanese), 2009-2010
• NSF East Asia-Pacific Summer Institutes fellowship, 2009
• EEB Travel Award, 2009.
• KU Entomology Endowment Travel Grant, 2009
• NSF East Asia-Pacific Summer Institutes fellowship, 2008
• Foreign Language Area Scholarship, 2007–08
• Foreign Language Area Scholarship (Chinese), 2007-2008
• NSF East Asia-Pacific Summer Institutes fellowship, 2006

Email: taroeldredge@ku.edu

Advisor: Andrew Short

Education: Current Ph.D. candidate in entomology; B.S. in entomology from Cornell University

Hometown: Tokyo, Japan

Research Interests: Systematics, evolution, and behavior of the beetle family Staphylinidae

Publications

• Eldredge, K.T. 2011. Bothronotoxenus Eldredge, a New Genus of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Arizona, U.S.A. Coleopterists Bulletin 65(4): 381–386.
• Eldredge, K.T. 2010. A new species of Myrmedonata Cameron from eastern Kansas (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys. 53: 17-24. doi: 10.3897/zookeys@@.493.

Recent Presentations:

• Eldredge, K.T. 2011. Evolution of diet and correlated mouthpart morphology in the Hoplandriini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Reno, Nevada, 21 November. Contributed Oral Presentation.
• Eldredge, K.T. 2011. Phylogeny of the Hoplandriini and its relationship within the Aleocharinae: evolution of diet and correlated feeding structures: 26th Annual Staphylinidae Meeting. Verona, Italy, 3 June. Contributed Oral Presentation.
• Eldredge, K.T. 2011. Myrmecophiles of Kansas. 87th Annual Meeting of the Central States Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kansas, 16 April. Contributed Oral Presentation.
• Eldredge, K.T. 2010. Revisiting the taxonomy of some North American Lomechusini (Aleocharinae). Staphylinidae Meeting XXV, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 13-16.
• Eldredge. K.T. 2007. Revision of the genus Hapalaraea (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. San Diego, California, USA, December.

Awards:

• 2009. University of Kansas Diversity Fellowship ($20,000)
• 2007. Department of Entomology, Cornell University. Support to attend the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, California, USA ($250)

Email: a312e318@ku.edu

Advisor: Justin Blumenstiel

Education:

• Current doctoral aspirant in ecology and evolutionary biology

• B.S., Summa Cum Laude, in the Honors College, with Distinction in Biology, Missouri State University, 2012

Research Interests: Epigenetic mechanisms

Publications:

• Li, Chen, A. Erwin, D. Pap, C. Coleman, A. Higgins, E. Kiss, P. Kozma, S. Hoffman, D. Ramming, L. Kovacs. In Review. Selection for Run1-Ren1 dihybrid grapevines using microsatellite markers. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture.

Presentations:

• Erwin, A., H. Syed, J. Glasson, K. Pilinszky. 2011. An investigation of the role of sirtuins in plants; CNAS Undergraduate Research Day, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO. (Poster)

• Erwin, A., J. Glasson, A. Higgins, and C. Coleman. 2010. Using molecular markers to breed disease-resistant grapevines for sustainable viticulture; CNAS Undergraduate Research Day, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO. (Poster)

Recent Awards:

• First Year Research Fellowship, 2012- 2013
• Graduate Scholarship, 2012- 2013
• Outstanding Graduating Senior, Missouri State University Biology Dept, 2012
• Biology Alumni Scholarship 2011- 2012
• Summer Research Scholarship, 2010
• Bright Flight Scholarship, 2008-2012
• Board of Governors Scholarship, 2008-2012